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  1. mikelink45
    I think there is room to blame both!
  2. mikelink45
    Thanks for the additional comments and information - you make an excellent comparison.
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    This is not a lighthearted issue - check out https://oralcancerfoundation.org/people/sports-figures/ which includes former twin Bill Tuttle who suffered horribly from the affect of chewing. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/7/4/443
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    Thanks for catching this. It really is a significant point. We would be looking at the best hitting pitchers otherwise. Take my favorite all time team - 1957 Milwaukee Braves and all of their eight regulars had and OPS over 720 (Johnny Logan - great SS, but lowest of batters. and Spahn and Burdette had OPS in the 400s and Gene Conley in the 600s, only when cluesless batter - Bob Buhl came to bat did their bottom of the order crash. It is just too easy to always claim the best players are the current and the best teams are the current. Batter approach, pitching styles, baseballs all change too quickly for definitive judgments.
  5. mikelink45
    I am constantly surprised by some of the comments about Twins players. Perez did not pitch well - not close. Whatever is wrong with Perez, it might be time for one of those mysterious IL vacations. May did not pass any test - 2 hits in one inning is not a good line and I do not trust him. What I do agree with is that this was a great win and the Twins are really staying focused as a team.
  6. mikelink45
    What fun and yes - I am still an Astudillo fan!
  7. mikelink45
    I guess you missed the article on ESPN that talked about Bellinger and Trout and how batters are getting smarter and learning how to beat the shift and make choices about what to swing at. Not swinging less hard, but eliminating the trash that gives away an AB. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26945620/how-trout-bellinger-bucking-strikeout-trend As an old guy I will always remember the sadness Mickey Mantle felt when his BA for his career dropped below 300. Yes contact can give you a DP, but it can also advance the runner, cause an error, get a hit, rearrange the defense. I want Sano, but I also want a batter who has a little bat control.
  8. mikelink45
    I wish the turtle well and I think he will could be either a passing phenomenon or he could have you and Seth eat your words. I am hoping for the latter. No stats, no analysis, I find him refreshing and look for better things to come.
  9. mikelink45
    Today they announced that David Ortiz was shot in the back in the Dominican Republican. Not lethal, but lower back and there is no good gunshot. He was in the Dial Bar and Lounge and two other people were wounded. It sounds like the way that Wild Bill Hickok was killed. The shooter, a motorcyclist, was beaten by the crowd and has to recover from his injuries before he can be questioned. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-ortiz-shot-dominican-republic_n_5cfdbf29e4b0aab91c083ba5?ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__061019 or https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/09/americas/mlb-david-ortiz-shot-dominican-republic/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=6dbb0347ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_10_07_50&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-6dbb0347ae-98628329 First photos https://nypost.com/2019/06/10/first-photo-emerges-of-david-ortiz-after-dominican-republic-shooting/
  10. mikelink45
    I know this is just a short set back, but the pitching staff we all expected has shown up and it is not pretty. The minor league replacements are not exciting. The rotation is down to two, the bullpen is down to two. What next? I really want a bounceback from all of these pitchers, but this is Detroit - only Baltimore can give pitchers more to celebrate. Our division stinks, but we have to do more and better. Eades is another nice story. How about getting us a quality major league reliever next. We have enough stories for one year.
  11. mikelink45
    I never know the players in the mlb draft. I don't know how so many of you can know who thev are. Lol
  12. mikelink45
    Lets concentrate on the season. I want the players to have the All Star break off and be ready for the second half.
  13. mikelink45
    Interesting article today about the players each team should move - the Twins choice was Gordon. I think that is a good idea with the middle infield depth we have right now. Gordon has a history of second half slumps so lets use him to move on to some essential needs. I see the same with Wade who is not going to make the club. It is not about the player but the opportunity. Who else is blocked but would be good trade bait?
  14. mikelink45
    If you were to rank these players now - would the order they were drafted change? Who are the real risers and sinkers?
  15. mikelink45
    I would move Kiriloff to number 1 right now. Each place he has been he has used that sweet swing to produce. Lewis is still great, but struggling. I will look forward to seeing how Seth and the TD writers evaluate the prospects mid-year. Arreaz in mlb with Smeltzer and neither may stay, but they sure improved their outlook.
  16. mikelink45
    That is true - of course now that we have established greater expectations I want each position to be at its best!
  17. mikelink45
    I may be the only writer who is happy to have someone else take Pineda's place. It seems like we constantly read - except for one bad inning, after "X" innings he did great. Well those X innings count and Pineda has not been the veteran that I hoped for and I am happy to have some experiments with the prospects - I am a believer that Pineda could do a very serviceable job in the pen.
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    A nice note from CNN: Say the name Bill Buckner, and what do you think of? Probably a baseball rolling under his glove and through his legs. And that's just not fair. Buckner, who died yesterday at age 69, was an elite hitter, winning a batting title with the Chicago Cubs in 1980 (hitting .324), and he was an All-Star in 1981. He managed to hang around the big leagues for 22 years, an accomplishment in itself. But he'll always be associated with that fielding error in the 1986 World Series that led to the Boston Red Sox losing Game 6 to the New York Mets. Hits‎: ‎2,715 Batting average‎: ‎.289 Runs batted in‎: ‎1,208 Home runs‎: ‎174 WAR 15.1
  19. mikelink45
    Good game and it is okay to analyze a loss and not be considered a whiner or in panic. For me the disappointment is the Sano K. Even if he did not get a hit I want contact and I immediately expected the K when he was the last up.
  20. mikelink45
    It could be use too. Remember that he and Hildenberg were really leaned on for a stretch in early season and it does not seem that he has fully recovered - Hildy has definitely not recovered.
  21. mikelink45
    It shows me that he pitched well enough for his team to get a decision - better if it was 5 - 2, but the starter's job is to be there long enough to be a major factor in the final score.
  22. mikelink45
    When we consider that there was a Spy = http://twinsdaily.com/blog/1028/entry-11023-catcher-eccentric-spy-%E2%80%93-a-baseball-original/ and that General Sherman and Custer's Brother Tom played baseball http://twinsdaily.com/blog/1028/entry-9393-william-tecumseh-sherman/ and baseball seemed to part of the wild west - http://twinsdaily.com/blog/1028/entry-9247-was-a-fastball-the-same-as-a-quick-draw/ it only makes sense to put a quick draw artist as umpire.
  23. mikelink45
    Clavin refers to it in his new book - Wild Bill, there is a Youtube discussion on it from a KC station, and https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20803039/wild_bill_umpires_as_game/ has an article.
  24. mikelink45
    Have you ever heard of the Kansas City Antelopes? They were a baseball team before the Cincinnati club that has been give credit for being the first baseball club. They played from the end of the Civil War into the 1870s. We might not have recognized the game – the pitchers tossed underhand, they wore no gloves, and a ball caught on the first bounce was considered an out. When the cowbells rang a run scored. Hurls tossed to strikers and bad fielding with bare hands caused many muffs. And there were no fences and no bleachers. Fans sat in on the ground, the ball and players often mixing with the spectators. The most famous game in their decade and a half history (and the third game they played) came when they played the Atchison Pomeroys and Wild Bill Hickok, a regular fan, was asked to umpire. With both six guns firmly on his hip the arguments were limited and the fans behaved. Previously KC had lost and when a return engagement was scheduled there was a riot and the game had to be called. With the legendary James Butler Hickok there was no worry about something like that happening again. When he was asked if he could be fair, he said, I am a US Marshall and to prove he was serious, he studied a rule book the day before. When the game ended after two hours and fifty three minutes, it was a 48 – 28 win by the Antelopes, Wild Bill bowed to the crowd, left the field in a carriage pulled by two white horses, and went and played poker. He umpired one more game in Hays City.
  25. mikelink45
    In 1866 Wild Bill Hickok umpired a baseball game in KC with his pistols on his hips!
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